Blackcurrant vs. Blackberry

Blackcurrantnoun

alternative spelling of black currant

Blackcurrantnoun

a small round edible black berry that grows in loose hanging clusters.

Blackcurrantnoun

the widely cultivated shrub that bears blackcurrants.

Blackcurrant

The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), also known as black currant or cassis, is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries. It is native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, where it prefers damp fertile soils.

Blackberrynoun

A fruit-bearing shrub of the species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

Blackberrynoun

The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

Blackberrynoun

The blackcurrant.

Blackberryverb

To gather or forage for blackberries.

Blackberrynoun

The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

Blackberrynoun

large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

Blackberrynoun

bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

Blackberryverb

pick or gather blackberries;

Blackberry

The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus Rubus in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus Rubus, and hybrids between the subgenera Rubus and Idaeobatus. The taxonomy of blackberries has historically been confused because of hybridization and apomixis, so that species have often been grouped together and called species aggregates.